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NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with UCLA historian Eric Avila about the impact of Biden’s infrastructure plan on racist urban planning and how systemic racism has shaped America’s urban development.

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

David Hayes-Bautista in Penn State News: “Events celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month at Penn State”

The month’s keynote event will be held Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m., featuring Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, director of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture and one of the nation’s foremost experts on Hispanic epidemiology.

Read More | September 12, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Sonja Diaz in AP News: “California voters: Less Republican and white than in 2003”

“It’s not like it’s Baby Boomers that are Latinos and Asian Americans moving from another state to California. These are people born and bred in this state and they are aging into the electorate,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Read More | September 11, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Mobility & Opportunity

David Hayes-Bautista in ROI-NJ: “BofA study: Latino GDP in N.J. is $97B — and growing at much faster rate than overall state”

The data was released and discussed during an event featuring President of Bank of America New Jersey Alberto Garofalo, President of Bank of America Greater Philadelphia Jim Dever and David Hayes-Bautista of UCLA. The report provides detailed analysis of the state-level Latino GDPs for the eight key states, benchmarked against the broader U.S. Latino GDP.

Read More | September 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Education

Pedro Noguera in Albuquerque Journal: “Fund art programs like we support sports”

In September 2018, Pedro Noguera, professor emeritus from UCLA, testified before the New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee about equity in schools and remarked that – as we all know – students who participate in athletics or performing arts in their schools have better outcomes than students who do not.

Read More | September 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Matt Barreto in Cal Matters: “¿Por qué Larry Elder se está enfocando tanto en llegar a los votantes latinos y asiáticos?” (Spanish)

Pero la mayoría de las encuestas estatales muestran que Elder realiza las encuestas como un típico candidato republicano: es menos popular entre los votantes latinos, negros y asiáticos que entre los blancos. Eso no sorprende a Matt Barreto, fundador de Latino Policy and Politics Institute de UCLA. “Si Larry Elder hubiera presentado un mensaje de … Continued

Read More | September 7, 2021

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